Neowin News Feed for: Aluminium

Apple plans to use low-carbon ELYSIS aluminium in the iPhone SE

Paul Hill — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:36:01 +0000

Apple says it will use carbon-free aluminium, developed by ELYSIS, in its iPhone SE now that the metal can be produced on an industrial scale. Apple previously invested in ELYSIS through Green Bonds. Read more...

Apple helping eliminate direct greenhouse gas emissions from aluminium smelting

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 May 2018 03:44:03 +0000

Apple has announced that it helped put together a joint venture between Alcoa Corp. and Rio Tinto in order to develop a much cleaner aluminium smelting process that releases oxygen instead of CO2. Read more...

LG announce its first all-aluminium Android smartphone

Robbie Khan — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:46:01 +0000

Aimed at the mid-range market and competing with the likes of Samsung's Galaxy A5 and the One Plus X. Read more...

New aluminium battery charges in 60 seconds; doesn't explode

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:38:01 +0000

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new super-safe, fast-charging, flexible, aluminium-based battery that's environmental-friendly and may revolutionize the energy storage field. Read more...

Apple says just nine customers have complained about a 'bending' iPhone 6 Plus

Andy Weir — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 20:38:01 +0000

Apple has spoken up about recent reports that its iPhone 6 Plus has been bending without significant stress, defending the design of the device, and saying that just nine customers have complained. Read more...

#bentgate: And here is a iPhone 6 Plus "bend off" with a Note 3

Steven Parker — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 06:40:03 +0000

If you thought you were holding the iPhone 4 wrong #antennagate, or that an iPhone 5 scuffed too easily #scuffgate, now you may be wearing it wrong #bentgate, lets have a bend off! Read more...

#bentgate: Apple iPhone 6 Plus owners complain that their handsets are 'bending'

Andy Weir — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:16:01 +0000

After Antennagate and Scuffgate comes 'Bentgate', as some iPhone 6 Plus owners report that their handsets are bending, insisting that the damage is occurring without significant force being applied. Read more...

Huawei's new aluminium Windows Phone expected to début at CES

Andy Weir — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 10:14:48 +0000

Huawei's third Windows Phone, the imaginatively named Ascend W3, could début later this week, featuring a HD display and thin aluminium body, with design cues taken from the 6.18mm-thick Ascend P6. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly testing smartwatch made of transparent aluminium

Andy Weir — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:18:08 +0000

Microsoft is said to be testing smartwatch prototypes made of 80%-transparent aluminium oxynitride, with 4G LTE support and 6GB of storage, as development of the device, shifts to the Surface team. Read more...

Images purport to show Nokia 41Mpx Lumia EOS with aluminium body

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:07:01 +0000

New images supposedly show a version of the upcoming Nokia Lumia EOS with an aluminium body. Previous leaks clearly showed a polycarbonate build so this is either a special version or a prototype. Read more...

Nokia 'Catwalk': first images of aluminium-bodied Lumia may have emerged

Andy Weir — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:27:33 +0000

After detailed specs revealed much of what to expect from Nokia's new aluminium-bodied Windows Phone, the first pictures of the device, known by its codename 'Catwalk', have apparently surfaced. Read more...

Nokia aluminium Lumia 928 looks set to launch in cyan, red, white and black

Andy Weir — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:40:00 +0000

Details continue to surface on the Lumia 928, Nokia's new aluminium Windows Phone. The latest rumour points to four colour options when it launches "around the same time" as Samsung's Galaxy S IV. Read more...

Eldar claims new aluminium Nokia device could be "most popular this year"

Brody McKee — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:14:57 +0000

Nokia's latest flagship, the Lumia 920, is going to receive an aluminium makeover. At least, that's according to what Eldar claims to have seen at MWC in Barcelona. Read more...

Researchers create disposable touch-pads

Paul Ferson — Fri, 11 May 2012 23:37:19 +0000

Researchers in France and the United States have created disposable touch-pads, bringing us all one step closer to the future depicted in some forms of media. Read more...

iPhone 5 to have aluminium rear and new antenna?

Piers Hausjell — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:56:28 +0000

After facing a lot of issues with the scratched iPhone 4's, Apple are, according to a Chinese source, planning to use aluminium for the rear part of the iPhone 5; this move would take the... Read more...

Lian Li PC6089 Aluminium Case Review

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:56:28 +0000

TweakTown has just posted a review of the Lian Li PC6089 Aluminium Case. Here's a snip: "For those looking for an enclosure that says "I've got it all together", there is Lian Li.... Read more...

CORRECTION! ALUMINIUM STILL OPAQUE!

Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:18:44 +0000

Thanks for the heads up Frank. It appears, that as nice as it originally sounded, aluminium is still not see through. Here's a snipet for you! Oops. Bad Fish Causes Gurgling. ... Read more...

StarTrek dream comes true: Transparent Aluminium

Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:28:31 +0000

I don't know if this is actually real or not (it's not 1st April is it...) but if it's real, WOW. Saw this over at GeekNews, which points to a story over on Sci-Fighter,... Read more...